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April 6, 2020TechComments Off on Google Maps Now Shows Public Food and Night Shelters Across 30 Cities Amid Lockdown

Google Maps is now listing public food shelters and public night shelters across 30 cities on its platform in India. The new feature that is aimed to help citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak, is initially available in English. However, Google is working towards enabling the experience in Hindi as well. …

April 2, 2020TechComments Off on Airtel Xstream Fibre Home Broadband Service Expanding to 25 More Cities, Plans Listed

Airtel is expanding its Airtel Xstream Fibre home broadband service to 25 more cities, the company’s website indicates. The Airtel Xstream Fibre page on its website shows these cities with a ‘launching soon’ tag and a countdown to the launch date. Apart from that, Airtel has also listed out Xstream …

March 27, 2020HealthComments Off on Some U.S. Cities Could Have Coronavirus Outbreaks Worse Than Wuhan’s

If its rate of growth in coronavirus cases continues, the New York City metropolitan area will suffer a more severe outbreak than those experienced in Wuhan, China, or the Lombardy region of Italy. There is no guarantee, of course, that current trends will continue. What has happened to this point …

March 17, 2020HealthComments Off on Tracking the Coronavirus: How Crowded Asian Cities Tackled an Epidemic

SINGAPORE — Two hours. That’s all the time medical teams in Singapore are given to uncover the first details of how patients contracted the coronavirus and which people they might infect. Did they travel abroad? Do they have a link to one of the five clusters of contagion identified across …

March 12, 2020WorldComments Off on Banned Events. Empty Arenas. Cities Retrench in the Face of Coronavirus.

SEATTLE — In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said a ban on large events was imminent. In San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors were set to play this week in an empty arena. And in Washington State, Gov. Jay Inslee said on Wednesday that people should no longer cram shoulder-to-shoulder in …

March 6, 2020AndroidComments Off on AT&T Flips The Switch On mmWave “5G Plus” In 35 Cities

AT&T has flipped the switch on its faster, mmWave 5G network, which it calls 5G Plus. The next-generation 5G network is available to customers in “parts of 35 cities” in the US starting today. The launch coincides with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus and S20 Ultra, which …

March 3, 2020WorldComments Off on Coronavirus Updates: Chinese Cities Announce New Travel Restrictions

New travel restrictions announced in China. Major cities across China have announced new travel restrictions on people who have recently visited countries where coronavirus infections are on the rise. On Tuesday, the authorities in Shanghai said that all travelers entering the city who have visited countries with significant outbreaks within …

February 26, 2020WorldComments Off on Court says Trump administration can withhold money from NYC, 7 states in ‘sanctuary cities’ fight

The decision by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that blocked the Justice Department from withholding a key law enforcement grant the department said was available only to cities that complied with specific immigration enforcement measures. The federal appeals court ruling comes amid an …